{"id":1009,"date":"2016-08-24T10:14:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T10:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/?page_id=1009"},"modified":"2022-09-30T10:21:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T10:21:34","slug":"magnetic-storage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/magnetic-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnetic storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-tabs\">\n<h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Video<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h3>How Magnetic Hard Drives Work Video<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ngP6nSt_yAE\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fF76LGxmGcrKFnl_Gkg7Cq6smBUhxPyS\/view?usp=sharing\">Can&#8217;t access YouTube? Click here for the Google Drive Version<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Tape Drives<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<div class=\"arconix-column-two-thirds\">\n<h3>Tape Drives<\/h3>\n<p><em>Storage Capacity: \u00c2\u00a0up to 184TB<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Uses<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<p>Mainly used for backing up large amounts of system data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>Massive amount of data storage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Disadvantages<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>Read access is very slow and the whole tape needs to be read regardless of where the data is stored<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"arconix-column-one-third\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/tape-drive.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1778\" src=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/tape-drive-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"tape drive\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/tape-drive-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/tape-drive-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/tape-drive.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tape_drive#\/media\/File:Dds_tape_drive_01.jpg\">Source: Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">HDD Drives<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<div class=\"arconix-column-two-thirds\">\n<h3>HDD Drives ( Hard Disk Drives)<\/h3>\n<p><em>Storage Capacity : Up to 24TB<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Uses<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>The standard storage used in most desktop and laptop computers<\/li>\n<li>Used for storage in general purpose servers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>Quite fast read-write speeds<\/li>\n<li>Plenty of storage capaticity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Disadvantages<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>Not as fast read-write speed as SSD<\/li>\n<li>Can be damaged if dropped as has a spinning platter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"arconix-column-one-third\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/hdd-drive.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1779\" src=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/hdd-drive-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"hdd drive\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/hdd-drive-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/hdd-drive-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/hdd-drive.jpg 784w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Laptop-hard-drive-exposed.jpg\">Source: Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">Zip Drives<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<div class=\"arconix-column-two-thirds\">\n<h3>Zip Drives<\/h3>\n<p><em>Storage Capacity: up to 750MB<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Uses<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>General data backup<\/li>\n<li>Zip drives are legacy devices that are no longer commonly used<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>Faster Read\/write speeds that CD roms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Disadvantages<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"arconix-list\" data-arconix-icon=\"fa-chevron-circle-right\" data-arconix-color=\"black\">\n<ul>\n<li>Much more expensive than CDs per MB storage<\/li>\n<li>No longer widely used<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"arconix-column-one-third\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/zip-drive.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1780\" src=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/zip-drive-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"zip drive\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/zip-drive-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/zip-drive-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/zip-drive.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:ZIP_Drive_100,_2.jpg\">Source: Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">How they work<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h3>Hard Drive Components<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" 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